Marion Lipschutz

Marion Lipschutz is an American documentary producer, writer, and director. Lipschutz has directed and produced award-winning documentaries, such as The Education of Shelby Knox and Young Lakota.

Marion Lipschutz works alongside Rose Rosenblatt as the co-director and producer of Incite Pictures the for profit arm of Cine Qua Non(a not for profit). She produces and directs feature documentaries that entertain, educate and explore critical contemporary issues.

Lipschutz co-directed and produced the 1997 PBS documentary The Abortion Pill, a documentary about the controversial French drug RU-486. Lipschutz co-directed and produced, Fatherhood USA, a three-part series looking at fatherhood in the nineties. The documentary aired on PBS in 1998 and was hosted by Senator Bill Bradley. She also produced and directed Greta Holby, a profile of a 50-year-old Ford fashion model and opera producer for IN THE PRIME which aired on PBS in 1998.

Her 2000 documentary Live Free or Die, which she co-directed and edited, aired as a part of PBS' POV series. The film took an inside look at the life of a doctor who performs abortions. In 2001 Lipschutz co-produced CODE BLUE: New Orleans. This documentary medical series consisted of four programs: Rite of Passage; Long Way Home; Close Calls; Witching Hour, and appeared on the New York Times Television for The Learning Channel.

Her other films include The Education of Shelby Knox, which received several awards. It earned Excellence in Cinematography in the documentary category in 2005 at the Sundance Film Festival, the audience award at the SXSW Film Festival, the jury prize at both the Sonoma Valley Film Festival and the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. The Emerging Pictures Audience Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, and the Council on Foundations awarded the film the Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Film & Digital Media. In 2006 the film was nominated for The Index on Censorship's Freedom of Expression Film Award.

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